Battery hand-lamp.



C. F. BURGESS.

BATTERY HAND LAMP.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 24. 1912.

Patented Apr. 8, 1919.

INVENTOB A TTORNEY rug ASSZGNQIB,

file Elia-3031 2 E,

' 1 To aZZ whom 21% may concern:

Be it known that L-Cnanrnsl Boneless, a CliZlZBD of the Unified Qtates, and residing" 'in Madison, county of Dane, and State of closed in my Paient ljlS ifiilS}.

Vi/istonsin have ini cnted certain new and useful Improvemcnis in Battery Hand- Lamps; and l do hereby declare the following to he a. full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which if, appertains to make and u'sethe same. I

The present invention relates tohaatery hand lamps or flash lights of a 'typc mlapted ior carrying in the pocket and provided with aminiatnre lamp in which current may be delivered from the. battery inclosed in the casing of the clevicel It is an object of the present invention co provide means of the general Cllulzluii! disissued January 20, 1914-, For protecting ihe lamp against accidental lighting by so inclosing certain parts of the electrical connections that accidenlal Contact across ihe exposed metal parts of the device, will not he effective to light the lamp.

For a more complete understanding of this and other objects and advani'ae'cs of die invention, reference is made. in the follmving description which is to he laken in conjunction with the accompanyingdrawings. wherein Figure 1 is esectional cle'vailion of a inbnlar hand lamp; and

Fig. 2 is a cross-section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Tn lihc, emhodiment illustrated in the drawings. the dry battery 1 consists oi a plurality of dry cells arranged'end 1o cnd in usual manner within a pasiehoard iiilic. The battery is housed in a casing 2 here illustrated as comprising, a who of insnlal'ed material. preferably iihcr. reinforced at its rear or bottom end with al-hrcadcd metal collar 3 to which is deiachahl secured on and can 4 provided with a spiral spring 5, which hears against the naked notiom of the, lowermost cell ofihe loader) i0 establish electrical connection therewiih. Theoiher end of ihe tnlnilar casing is reinforced with an exposed metal collar 6 having its enter edge bent to form an ininrned siii fening flange 7' which overlaps the front end oi lzho msnlatmp; tube. This collar has a screw thread pressed inhereo engage the edge of a, glass mounted near the middle of he mm curved exterior of the rci'lecior.

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in for engagement holder 8 which may he o a ilL-eaded lens metal and shaped lens J.

lens 18 seated on the periphernl a metal reflector 11 and a ring lating material isinserposed directly between fianges 7 and :20 insnlaize the reflecfor from collar (3 and its attached lens holder 8. The incandescent lamp L'S'is threaded into a tubular exiehsion so? the meial reilecior and its central ter'ininal contaciing with (he central or carhonfixzrminal M of the topmost cell of the battery. As a. means for es'iablishing electrical conneciion from the bottom of izhe "battery to-ihe lanai), I make use of a conductor 15 conivacthig I. Lon metal collar 3 therefore connecced with spring 5. This conductor 15 is riveted or otherwise, suitably attached to ahon ing. A second sirip l? it front end bent inward and backward to 01111 a cont-sci finger i8 'Wlilili yieldingly engages rho end of strip 1? is sniinbly anchored to casing 2 as by having: its end passed outward lihrongh a slot 19 and then clenched clown egainsl the exterior oi casing 2 to form a contact ing 20. Contact lug 20 is on ihe inside of housing 16 and so is not accessible for inadvci'fcnt conncction with other er:- poscd metal parts. Strip 1'? may be further anchored as by" means of a plug or rivet prefemhly of insnlaiing: material, snch iiher.

The conflict device whereby electrical conncction may he. established to conductor 1'? when the lamp is to he li hted may he of the. type disclosed and clanned in the. pat cnt to Maisel. loo 1.082.887, issued December 1913. This device comprises a U-shaned strip of resilient metal havingits inner leg The The other 22 arranged to slide along the onion face of? the fiber inho info and out of contact with lug 20. Other Well known devices of proper construction may, of course, he need for comhetween conductors T15 to unscrew cap quently'an accidental lighting of the lamp by bridgingits exposed metal parts is not possible.

To renew the batteries it is only necessary 4, whereupon the batteries may be slipped out through theopen bottom and new ones put in their place. If

end of the casing.

I claim.:

1. In a hand lamp, the combination of an insulating tube of fiber, a battery therein, a threaded metal collar reinforcing the rear end of said tube, a cap threaded to said collar-and closing the rear end of said tube, said cap being removable to permit removal of the battery through said rear end, a spring carried by said cap and engaging the bottom of said battery and establishing electrical connection therewith and with said cap, a lamp connected to the other end of said battery, a reflector into which said lamp is threaded, a threaded metal collar reinforcing the front end of said tube, an insulating ring on which said reflector seats, a lens for-- said la p seated on said reflector, a. holder for said lens threaded to said front collar and clamping said reflector and its insulatmsaeio the battery through said rear e d,aspring carried by said cap and engaging the bottom of said battery and establishing electrical connection therewith and with said cap, a lamp connected to the other end of said battery, a reflector into which said lamp is threaded, a metal fitting at the front end of said tube, an insulating ring removably seated on said fitting and spacing saidreflector therefrom, a lens for said lamp sea-ted on said reflector, a holder for said lens threaded to said fitting and clamping said reflector and its insulating ring in position, and conductive means for connecting the spring at the bottom of said battery with said reflector when the lamp is to be lighted, said means including stationary longitudinal contact strips with an intervening switch.

In testimony whereof I allix niy signature.

(Hiatus F. BURGESS.

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